So far, So good

[yote]

Looks great BTW

[jhnrb]

Not to worry. your nitrates will show up soon enough. with the size of system you have you can add a couple fish, and then wait and add clean up crew next. it will take your sand bed some time to mature so stock slowly if you start now. good luck and loooooookin good.

[Reefrookie]

Originally Posted by jhnrb

Not to worry. your nitrates will show up soon enough. with the size of system you have you can add a couple fish, and then wait and add clean up crew next. it will take your sand bed some time to mature so stock slowly if you start now. good luck and loooooookin good.

Hopefully I will get to thatfishplace this week and start out with a pair of clowns

[ravenfan8705]

Great looking tank! I also do all my shopping at that fish place and bought the nova extreme pros last month for my tank, I really like them a lot!

[fatman]

There is no reason for a cycle whuch was started with live rock to produce high levels of nitrates during a cycle unless you had excessive levels of organics producing ammonia starting your cycle. That means unless you did something foolish like jump start your cycle with a dead shrimp or bought live rock with a lot of dieing life forms on or in it. jhnrb is a smart and reef experienced man and he is right on target when he says go slow that things take times to mature. New biological systems should not be expected to go from zero to a hundred miles per hour in two seconds flat, or even in weeks or months they mature slowly or crash easily. Start slow and grow slow and you will enjoy reefing with much fewer hassles than those trying to speed up every process and rush to overstock their fragile systems as quickly as they can convince someone to agree with them that their tank is ready.